On Monday 29 September 2003 16:46, Curtis L. Olson wrote: > Jim Wilson writes: > > "Curtis L. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > > Lee Elliott has just contributed an AN225 to the FlightGear project > > > and I have just committed it to CVS. This aircraft is the biggest one > > > built for FlightGear so far and it flies and looks really nice. > > > > > > > And the 747-400 quietly steps aside :-) > > > > BTW the only thing that might be bigger would be a spruce goose, but nothing > > will beat the an-225 for capacity (close to double the 747?). How much runway > > does it need at mto weight? > > Not sure, Lee has done a bit of research so he probably would know. > It has a huge wing and 6 engines so it may not be all that bad. The > only thing that is missing is the Soviet space shuttle to go on > top. :-) > > Curt. > -- > Curtis Olson HumanFIRST Program FlightGear Project > Twin Cities curt 'at' me.umn.edu curt 'at' flightgear.org > Minnesota http://www.menet.umn.edu/~curt http:// www.flightgear.org
I actually saw the U.S. 747/Shuttle (Atlantis iirc) when it visited the U.K. many years ago. It stopped over at Stanstead (EGSS), after doing a couple of circuits of the nearby towns, so I drove over there the next day with a friend to take a closer look and got a lot of pictures. Still got 'em somewhere;) LeeE _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
